The legalization of rhino horn ‘domestic’ trade in South Africa potentially unleashes market forces featuring new entry, new tastes and new rhino horn products. This risks escalating the rhino-poaching crisis further. It is argued that institutional contradictions have been engendered by the South African High Court ruling in Kruger and another v Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs and others [2015] JOL 34725, whose assumptions are shown to be highly restrictive and seemingly poorly informed about the true nature of demand for rhino horn and the dynamics of poaching. The shortcoming in the legal decision-making pertains to not taking account of the absence of any evidence for the existence of domestic demand for rhino horns in South Africa. The key arguments presented herein align with support for the reinstitution of the rhino horn trade moratorium, as well as administrative measures implemented effectively to contain the poaching crisis.

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南非犀牛角“国内”贸易暂停执行的司法废除：法律和经济学视角

南非犀牛角“国内”贸易的合法化可能释放出具有新进入，新品味和新犀牛角产品特征的市场力量。这有可能进一步加剧偷猎犀牛的危机。有人认为，南非高等法院在克鲁格（Kruger）案和另一项诉水与环境事务大臣等人的裁决中造成了制度上的矛盾[2015] JOL 34725，其假设已显示出严格的限制，并且似乎对犀牛角需求的真实性质和偷猎行为的了解不足。法律决策的缺陷在于没有考虑到没有任何证据表明南非国内对犀牛角的需求。本文提出的主要论点与对恢复犀牛角贸易暂停令的支持以及有效实施以遏制偷猎危机的行政措施相一致。